FAA ‘Not Required to Make Changes to Airline Seats, Sizes’: US Appeals Court

FAA ‘Not Required to Make Changes to Airline Seats, Sizes’: US Appeals Court
An interior view of seats in an American Airlines B737 MAX airplane is seen at Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport in Dallas on Dec. 2, 2020. Cooper Neill/AFP via Getty Images
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A U.S. appeals Court has rejected a request to order the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ratify minimum requirements for seat size and spacing between airline seats.

According to the ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, there is no clear and indisputable evidence that tight seating could prove dangerous to passengers, albeit being uncomfortable.